Top 10 Interesting Facts about Mauna Loa

Let us get the information on facts about Mauna Loa by reading the below post. The volcano is located in Island of Hawaii in United States. The history finds out that Mauna Loa is the large volcano on earth. According to its mass and volume, it becomes the largest sub aerial volcano. It has the volume around 75,000 kilometer cubic or 18,000 cubic miles. The explosion of Mauna Loa usually is non-explosive. It has high level of fluidity and poor of silica in term of explosion.

Facts about Mauna Loa 1: the emergence of Mauna Loa

The emergence of Mauna Loa from the ocean was dated back 40,000 years ago. The eruption has occurred for more than 700,000 years.

Facts about Mauna Loa 2: the rocks

The oldest known rocks erupted form Mauna Loa was dated back around 200,000 years ago.

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Facts about Mauna Loa 3: the recent eruption

On 24th March to 15th April 1984, the eruption of Mauna Loa took place. It was considered as the most recent eruption. The fatalities did not take place on the recent eruption. However, villages were damaged by the eruptions of Mauna Loa in 1926 and 1950. In the late 19th century, the lava flowed from Mauna Loa partially established the city of Hilo.

Facts about Mauna Loa 4: a potential hazard

The Decade Volcanoes Program is established to promote the study of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, which includes the study on Mauna Loa. This volcano poses a threat to the local population because of its potential eruption.